Monthly Archives: January 2011

Texting and Driving

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DebhWD6ljZs[/youtube]Everyone should watch this. Warning: Very sad.

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Monday HW

Read chapters 24-25 Chapter 24 – Wemmick invites Pip over for dinner and mentions Jagger’s housekeeper as being a tamed beast. Chapter 25 – Pip ventures to Wemmick’s house, where he meets Wemmick’s aged father. Wemmick shows himself to be … Continue reading

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Sunday

I’m a little late posting, but everyone should have written it down in class anyway…read chapters 21-23.

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Thursday, Jan. 27

Great site to learn more about Victorian England, which is when Great Expectations is set.   Multiple Choice Vocab Unit 4 Test tomorrow.  Today in class we read an article from The Economist called “Curl Up With a Good Screen.” … Continue reading

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Wednesday, January 26

Video about Charles Dickens here. Test on 10-19 was today. If you are at home and absent from school, make up tomorrow or Friday. Turn in registration forms for 10th grade tomorrow. Make sure the course numbers are filled in … Continue reading

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Test tomorrow

Beautiful music video for Pip and Estella’s “love”… Multiple choice test on chapters 10 through 19 tomorrow.  Study!  Are your questions done? Make sure your vocab story is turned in by tomorrow too. 🙂  Click below to watch a really … Continue reading

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Monday

Today we took a 20 point quiz on Chapters 14-18 of Great Expectations. Tonight’s homework: Read chapter 19 tonight. See the post below this one for more info about this week.

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Coming up this week

Monday—quiz on 14-18 Wednesday—multiple choice test on 10-19, turn in vocab story for unit 4 Thursday—journals due–20 entries and SOPHOMORE REGISTRATION sheets due. Make sure you have the course numbers on there, the right teacher signatures, and that it’s in … Continue reading

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Ahh…the weekend

Another great weekend to curl up with Great Expectations and read chapters 16-18. All classes please start writing a short story using Unit 4 vocab words.  I’ll take it up on Wednesday.  (So yes, you have more time than just … Continue reading

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Thursday, January 20

Mr. Howard came by today to talk to you about signing up for classes for your sophomore year. If you were absent, I have your information tucked away for you in the big drawers near the homework board.  We took … Continue reading

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